Lost my E39 to a tree this past week

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Oct 19, 2010 | 07:39 AM

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JayArras

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From: Fairfield County, CT

My Ride: 530xi

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Originally Posted by Racer-X

I hope you enjoy your new E60.

I do, I do! Not looking back with any regrets.

Feb 19, 2011 | 04:53 PM

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MlifeE60

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It took me a while to get over my E39..but my E60 has way more buttons to fall in love with

Feb 19, 2011 | 05:41 PM

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My Ride: 530I Silver gray with gray leather with Premium Package, Logic 7 Premium sound system with Ipod interface, xenon adaptive headlights, Active steering, Power retractable rear sunshade, Comfort seats, Cold weather package and M5 OEM 166 wheels, Sprintbooster. Ceramic Tint all around, Bilstein Sports shocks with Eibach springs, Brake performance Rotors and Axxis ceramic pads.

Asked the insurance if you can keep the car. If it will cost you a few hundred $, I'll say keep the car and just replace the windshield and sideview mirror. Keep it as your beater car.

Feb 24, 2011 | 11:04 AM

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My Ride: 08 LCI 535i sport M5 umnitza full kit, Maya RM 1 245/35/20 20x9 et16, 275/30/20 20x10.5 et17, Future mods- KW coilovers V3 and StopTech brake

How heavy were the branches? Wow, that's alot of damage. Congrats onthe new e60.

Feb 28, 2011 | 10:30 AM

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AchtungE60

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Originally Posted by Masterspy

Asked the insurance if you can keep the car. If it will cost you a few hundred $, I'll say keep the car and just replace the windshield and sideview mirror. Keep it as your beater car.

Insurance will probably want $5000. They will not give itcheap. besides, the man probably needs the funds to pay for his new car

Mar 4, 2011 | 05:01 PM

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dragonfx

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wow! that really sucks , sorry to hear. Have fun with your e60! and keep it garaged!

Mar 6, 2011 | 01:03 PM

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JayArras

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From: Fairfield County, CT

My Ride: 530xi

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How heavy were the branches? Wow, that's alot of damage. Congrats onthe new e60.

The limb was about 6" in diameter and about 10 feet long. If you ever tried to carry a branch that size, you'd realize how heavy it is. Compounding the fact that it fell from some undetermined height, you get that kind of damage. The impact broke the branch in two and the piece bounced back up into the air and hit the back of the car on its way down.

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Asked the insurance if you can keep the car. If it will cost you a few hundred $, I'll say keep the car and just replace the windshield and sideview mirror. Keep it as your beater car.

I could have purchased the car back from the ins. company very reasonably, but in Connecticut, if you receive a settlement and buy the vehicle back, they make you fix everything if you want to re-register the car. Then they give you a salvage title because the car had been totaled. That reduces resale value by half.

In my case, it would have been a wash monetarily, but I decided that there would less future uncertainty with a newer vehicle, and 6 months later, I don't regret my decision.